Bengali Cuisine is not a culinary style of West Bengal.also a style of Tripura and Bangladesh.Fish curry and rice is our staple food.We are great foodies,love to taste different cuisines along with Bengali cuisine.

08/02/2016

Awadhi Mutton Biriyani (easy way to make awadhi biriyani at home)

Biriyani is a rice -based dish cooked with spices and chicken,mutton,egg,shrimp,fish and vegetables also. Biriyani comes from the Persian word BERYA(N) which means fried or roasted.It is very popular dish in India. Biriyani was introduced in India in the era of Mughal. It was one of the famous dish in the kitchen of the Mughal Emperor,.that's why it is called Mughlai Cuisine.Each region of India has its own way of making Biriyani,mainly Kashmir, Heydrabad, Malabar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Delhi, Agra are the main centres of Biriyani.

Today I sm going to share Awadhi Mutton Biriyani. Awadhi cuisine is a cuisine native to the city of Lucknow, which is the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. The city is also known for its Nawabi foods.

Awadhi Biriyani is made by cooking meat in ghee with warm aromatic spices until the meat is tender, then adding semi boiled rice and cooking in the sealed pot over low heat till done.---------------------------------------------------------Author - Moumita Preparation Time - 15 Minutes Cooking Time - 45 Minutes Marination Time - 4-5 hoursServings - 2------------------------------------------------------------------------------INGREDIENTS FOR MEAT Mutton-500gm,Yougurt-1/2 CupOnion-2 (Chopped)Ginger paste-1tbspGarlic Paste-2tbspTurmeric powder-1tspCoriander powder -1tspRed chilly powder-1tsp or according to your tasteChinamon stick -1"Green Cardamom -3Cloves-4Garam masala powder-1tspSalt to tasteOil-1/4cup(for cooking)
Ghee or clarified butter - 2 tablespoonsOil-1tsp (for marinating)PREPARING MUTTON Take a pressure cooker and pour all the meat with cinnamon stick, green cardamom and cloves. Add 1.5 cup water and pressure cook up to 4 to 5 whistle.Pass the meat through a strainer into a clean saucepan to drain the mutton stock and keep it aside.Marinate the mutton with all ginger garlic paste, spices powder , salt and oil and keep it refrigerated for 4 to 5 hrs.After 4-5hrs, take out the marinated mutton from the fridge.

Heat ghee and oil in heavy bottomed vessel. Vessel should be very big thus you can cook your biriyani in this vessel later.

Add chopped onions ,fry till golden brown .

Transfer the marinated meat from the bowl to the pan.

Now stir and cook the meat until oil gets separated

Add mutton stock and salt.

Cover with the lid and simmer it for another half an hour .Cook till the mutton is done.The gravy should not be very dry or thin.INGREDIENTS FOR RICE Basmati Rice-2 cups washed and soaked for 15 minutes in waterGreen Cardamom -3Black Cardamom -3Cloves -4Cinnamon Stick-1"Star Anise-1Oil-2 tspSalt to tasteSaffron-1 pinch soak into 1 cup warm milkRose water-2 teaspoonKewra essence-3-4 dropsHOW TO MAKE BIRIYANI RICE Take a small piece of cloth, put all garam masala and tie a knot to make a potli,it is called yakhni masala. Take a big pan,add 4 cups of water, put bay leaf, yakhni masala bag, oil and saltBring it to boil, when the water will start boiling, add rice,cook the rice till 3/4 is done.

Drain and spread the rice on a tray

HOW TO MAKE BIRIYANI MASALA Chinamon-1"Green Cardamom-4Black Cardamom-3Cloves-5Black Pepper-3Star Anise-1Nutmeg-1Mace-1tsp
Sha jeera-1teaspoon (optional )
Coriander seeds-1teaspoon
Kabab chini-1/2 teaspoon ( optional )METHOD OF MAKING BIRIYANI MASALA Roast all the spices powder in a pan.Let them cool down and grind them to make a fine powder.

OTHER INGREDIENTS FRIED ONIONS OR BARISTA Slice the onions..separate the slices. ..then fry untill golden brownMutton Briyani is rice based dish made by layering cooked meat and cooked Basmati rice,here I just make two layers.

FINAL PREPARATION Add half portion of garam masala on cooked muttonAdd cooked rice on it

Make a hole between the rice mutton layer and pour 3/4 th saffron induced milk over it.

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Hi...I am a mom of a little princess. I studied economics and public relation...used to do job...but after my baby was born...decided to be a homemaker.I love cooking...inherited this passion from my mom, she is a very good cook. Being a bengali, I love bengali cuisine and as you all know that Bongs are great foodies so love to try out the nice dishes of other cuisines....here I try out traditional bengali cuisine along with other cuisines in my kitchen. ..and wanted to share this recipes with all....so have started my blog...www.bongtaste.blogspot.in